Aircraft HistoryBuilt by North American in Ingelwood, California, the twenty-second B-25C produced.

Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 3rd Bombardment Group, 90th Bombardment Squadron on April 6, 1942. No noseart or nickname.

Mission History
On April 21, 1942 took off on a search mission to locate the Japanese fleet which would later take part in the Battle of the Coral Sea. While returning from the mission in heavy cloud, this B-25 crashed into Mount Bartle Frere in Queensland. All on board were killed in the crash. This aircraft was the first combat loss of the 3rd Bombardment Group.

Recovery of RemainsThe mutilated bodies of the crew were buried in temporary graves on Mount Bartle Frere. During early December 1942, Australian Ted Richards, took a pack of mules to the crash site and recovered the remains of the crew who were temporarily buried at Townsville Cemetery on December 14, 1942. Postwar, the remains of the crew were transported to the United States for permanent burial.

Wreckage
The wreck of this aircraft still remains on Mount Bartle Frere.

During 1994, members of the Australian Army, RAAF and civilians visited the site as part of '"Exercise Relic Search", an operation which intended to locate the wreck for the potential future recovery of parts to the Australian War Memorial (AWM).

MemorialsThe entire crew was officially declared dead the day of the mission.

Three of the crew members were buried at Honolulu Cemetery (Punchbowl). Keeter at Plot Q Row 0 Grave 625, Stephenson at Plot E Row 0 Grave 841 and English at Plot A Row 0 Grave 544.

Keeter also has a memorial marker at Throckmorton Cemetery in Throckmorton, TX.
Tisonyai is buried at South Lawn Cemetery in Coshocton, OH.
Lancaster is buried at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
DeArmond was buried in 1946 at Ponchatoula Cemetery in Ponchatoula, LA.
Morris' burial is unknown, presumed to be in a private cemetery in his hometown.